Cisco UCS Director vs CloudM Manage comparison

Cisco and CloudM are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Cisco is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0, while CloudM is ranked #75. Cisco holds a 1.8% mindshare in CM, compared to CloudM’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 73% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution.

Cisco UCS Director

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73% willing to recommend

CloudM Manage

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Director and CloudM Manage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Director

Ranking in Cloud Management

21st

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

CloudM Manage

Ranking in Cloud Management

75th

Average Rating

3.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.8%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudM Manage is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco UCS Director	1.8%
CloudM Manage	0.3%
Other	97.9%

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Featured Reviews

ErnieRumfield

Senior Telecommunications Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Managing extensive VoIP services becomes efficient and seamless

We use Cisco UCS Director primarily for managing our VoIP service to maintain seamless service delivery. We operate in an enterprise government environment Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate. It helps save time by making it quicker to roll out new call…

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Kumaravadivel Palani

Sr.Engr.Information Technology at Advik Hi-Tech Pvt Ltd

Performance is relatively poor and speed needs improvement

We use CloudM to store our employees' details We use it for backup storage only. In the future, my company may go for the testing on Cloud because it has a large infrastructure. The feature I like most is its stability. In terms of improvement, the performance of the solution should be made…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."

"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."

"The solution is helpful for centralized management."

"Better visibility and better control are the main benefits people receive from Cisco UCS Director; the automation and the orchestration part, these three to four points are the key factors to decide on Cisco UCS Director."

"An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."

"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."

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"CloudM has good stability and scalability."

Cons

"There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."

"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."

"Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."

"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."

"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."

"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems."

"It is not easy to add or expand the product."

"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."

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"CloudM is slow compared to other solutions."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."

"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"The cost of this solution is significant."

"I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

17%

Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

11%

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Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Director?

While the pricing might be seen as expensive, it provides value for money due to reliable service and excellent technical support.

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Director?

It should be more of a cloud-based architecture for Cisco UCS Director, and it should be affordable to small customers as well because the pricing is a major challenge when we talk about Cisco UCS ...

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What is your primary use case for Cisco UCS Director?

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Overview

Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.

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At CloudM we are on a mission to create the world’s leading migration and management platform that enables organizations of all sizes to get more out of the cloud. More productive people, more for your money and a more secure future.

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Sample Customers

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